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Overview

The APPS.AHL_PRD_SERN_CHANGE_PVT package is a private PL/SQL API belonging to the Oracle E-Business Suite Product Information/Asset Lifecycle Management (AHL) module. Its principal business function is to manage changes to serial numbers associated with units under configuration, work orders, and item instances within the enterprise asset and manufacturing track. Specifically, the package supports the process by which a currently assigned serial number on an item instance or work order line is replaced with a new serial number, tag code, or tag meaning, while preserving the integrity of the underlying configuration relationships captured in the CSI (Customer Item / Install Base) tables and the AHL work order and unit configuration structures.

The package is classified as a PVT (private) API, meaning it is not intended for direct external invocation by customers or integrators. Instead, it is consumed internally by other AHL procedures and by higher-level public APIs that orchestrate serial number change transactions. The ETRM metadata records 5 dependent packages that reference AHL_PRD_SERN_CHANGE_PVT, confirming its role as a shared internal utility rather than a standalone entry point.

Key Procedures and Functions

• GET_SERIALTAG_CODE — A helper function that accepts an instance identifier and returns the serial tag code associated with that instance. It is used to resolve the classification or tag code currently applied to a serialized unit.
• GET_SERIALTAG_MEANING — A companion helper function that accepts an instance identifier and returns the descriptive meaning corresponding to the serial tag. Together with GET_SERIALTAG_CODE, it supplies the tag context needed to validate or populate a serial number change.
• PROCESS_SERIALNUM_CHANGE — The core private procedure that performs the serial number change operation. It accepts standard Oracle API parameters, including p_api_version, p_init_msg_list, p_commit, p_validation_level, and p_module_type, and returns the standard outcome parameters x_return_status, x_msg_count, and x_msg_data. The procedure operates on the Sernum_Change_Rec_Type record, which encapsulates work order, item, lot, revision, OSP line, instance, current serial number, current serial tag, new serial number, new serial tag code, and new serial tag meaning.

A Sernum_Change_Tbl_Type associative array type is also declared to permit bulk processing of multiple serial number change records.

Tables Accessed

• AHL_WORKORDERS and AHL_UNIT_CONFIG_HEADERS — supply the work order and unit configuration context against which the serial number change is validated and applied.
• CSI_ITEM_INSTANCES, CSI_II_RELATIONSHIPS, and CSI_I_EXTENDED_ATTRIBS — hold the item instance, relationship, and extended attribute data central to the serialized unit being modified.
• CSI_IEA_VALUES — stores instance extended attribute values that may be updated in conjunction with the serial change.
• CSI_TXN_TYPES — provides the transaction type context governing how the change is recorded.
• MTL_SERIAL_NUMBERS and MTL_SYSTEM_ITEMS_KFV — validate the new serial number and item definition within Oracle Inventory.
• MTL_RESERVATIONS — ensures reservation records remain consistent after the serial number changes.
• FND_APPLICATION — used for standard application context and message resolution.

Usage Notes

Because this is a private API, AHL_PRD_SERN_CHANGE_PVT is not ordinarily called directly from forms, concurrent programs, or custom extensions. It is invoked internally by the five AHL packages that reference it, typically in response to a user action in the Oracle Depot Repair, asset maintenance, or unit configuration forms where a serial number must be corrected or replaced. Custom code that requires serial number change capability should use the corresponding public API rather than this private package. When invoked indirectly, callers must supply a valid p_api_version and should set p_init_msg_list and p_commit per standard Oracle API conventions, checking x_return_status and retrieving messages via x_msg_count and x_msg_data.